£500 spec check

Womble · 19 Jan 2007 at 19:10

Cherry G83-6105 PS2 Keyboard - Black £11.99 1 £11.99
BFG GeForce 7600 GT OC 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £71.99 1 £71.99
Gigabyte GA_965P_S3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £61.99 1 £61.99
Intel Core 2 DUO E4300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.80GHz (800FSB) - Retail £99.99 1 £99.99
OcUK 1GB (2x512MB) PC2-6400 800MHz DDR2 Dual Channel Kit £60.99 1 £60.99
SMC SMCWPCI-G EU EZ Connect 54Mbps Wireless PCI Card £14.99 1 £14.99
Antec NSK4400 Mini Tower Case - 380W SmartPower PSU £42.99 1 £42.99
Samsung SpinPoint P HD160JJ 160GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM £36.49 1 £36.49

Total : £470.45

I have an OEM DVD-RW drive and an OS disc

Is this everything I need - Assume I have nothing else but above? Do I need cables? Thermal paste? Heatsink?

Anything at all to build it? Also are all the components compatable?

Womble · 20 Jan 2007 at 11:20

p4radox · 20 Jan 2007 at 11:26

I think you've pretty much covered it there. If you're using the stock heatsink then it will come with thermal paste/pad.

Have you got an Operating system?

furnace · 20 Jan 2007 at 11:27

The processor comes with a heatsink/fan which has thermal paste on it already, although I'd recommend getting a better heatsink/fan and some Arctic Silver 5 thermal grease

But if you're on a budget, then I'm pretty sure you've got all you need there..!

Those 4300's look great for a budget build, especially as they're s'posed to be so overclockable.

Womble · 20 Jan 2007 at 11:48

I have an operating system, thing I was worried about was wires connecting the hard drive and drd-rw drive since they are OEM. Do they come with the motherboard?

davejuk · 20 Jan 2007 at 12:08

Womble said:
I have an operating system, thing I was worried about was wires connecting the hard drive and drd-rw drive since they are OEM. Do they come with the motherboard?

I've never had a motherboard that didn't come with a whole pile of cables, most I never used.

Womble · 20 Jan 2007 at 12:31

And the 380W power supply is fine for this?

I plan on doing some mild overclocking say to ~ 2.5ghz max. Possible with the ram and stuff.

p4radox · 20 Jan 2007 at 12:35

Womble said:
And the 380W power supply is fine for this?

I plan on doing some mild overclocking say to ~ 2.5ghz max. Possible with the ram and stuff.

Should be fine. And you should aim higher than 2.5GHz

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tomanders91 · 20 Jan 2007 at 12:38

just get an artic 7 cpu cooler if your overclocking, only about £16